LP 29

Text Information

Siglum
LP 29
Transliteration
l s¹ny bn qḥs² w ḥll h- dr wlh ----
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Translation
By S¹ny son of Qḥs² and he camped here distraught ----
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
LP: wlh ---- "yearning ----" for wlh "distraught"
Commentary
The text (or possibly the copy) is unfinished with a few stray marks after the h. We have taken the last three letters as a participial circumstance clause *wālih "distraught" reference to his mental state while he was camping there, but it also possible that they should be read w l- -h ---- "and his is ----".

  • [LP] Littmann, E. Safaïtic Inscriptions. Syria. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904–1905 and 1909. Division IV. Section C. Leiden: Brill, 1943.
Site
Al-Ḥifnah, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1904, 1995
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Camping, Genealogy, Grieving, Present in a place
Old OCIANA ID
#0008613
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA